Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-08-20
LOST At SEA.
The Great Inman Line Steamer, CITY
Of Montreal, Destroyed By Fire
in Mid-0Cean.
The Flames Discovered in the Al Hatch
Their Origin Unkn0wn-PasseB
and Crew Taken eli Safely.
One Small Boat Containing Thirteen PEG
plo Believed to Have Cons DOwn-ThriI-
ling Incidents of the Disaster.
BURNED Al SEA.


LONDON, Aug. 1.-The Inmgn Line
steamer City Of Montreal has been de-
stroyed by fire ct sea. Her passengers
were saved. The City of Montreal left
New York, August g. for Liverpool. She
was commanded by Captain Land. News
WAS learned upon the arrival al Queens
town this morning Of the British steamer
York City, Captain Renu, which left Bal
timore, August 4, for London. This
steamer rescued the passengers and crew
from the burning vessel and brought
them to Queenstown.
THIRTEEN PEOPLE MISSING.
LONDON, Aug. 1.-The destruction of
the steamer Cityof Montreal occurred on
the Illth inst, tive days after she left New
York. a boat containing six passengers
and seven members of the crew is mis-
sing. The occupants Of this boat are the
thirteen persons reported to have per
ished. She had 420 passengers on board.
The passengers and crew Of the City Of
Montreal were taken off the York City by
the tug Mount Etn3, end landed at
Queenstown. All were accounted for ex.
Cept thirteen PEI sons in the missing boat.
gers had gone TO bed on the night Of the
10Th, the ship being in latitude f. north
st the time, they were aroused by the
alarm Of fire. \ scene OF CONSERVATION
ensued, and the passenger were greatly
terrified on learning the true state OF
affairs. The smoke caused by the fire
was suffocating. The passengers dressed
and got on deck as quickly as possible,
u ,,it III Int e
The fire originsted in the aft main hold.
Nine streams of water were soon working
on the flames, and the course ef the
vessel was shaped towards Newfoundland,
400 miles distant. The flames spread
with great rapiditY, ana soon had burst
out with terrific force through the mid
way and aft matches. The heat being in
tenssit became evident that il was i'm
possible 10 save the ship. 4 mOmentarY
panic ensued.
Boats were lowered and the passengers
and crew got into them. The boats soon
scattered, and one entirely vanished. This
contained two stewards, two seamen and
seven passengers, and there is but little
doubt that the whole boat load persisted
The boat did not contain full crew and
left the City Of Montreal against
was time to take many more
in it. The other survivors consider the
fate of the occupants of the lost boat as a
Judgment for their coWardiCe. There
were eight boats and consisted of four
life boats and four pinnaces. These were
launched and stocked with provisions.
The flames spread with great tierceness,
end efforts to quench them were soon
bo
passengers were marshalled on deck
preparatory to entering the boats, many
of them weeping, but on the whole they
were quiet and orderly. The family
groups presented g pitiful sight to be-
hold. There was heavy sea and it was
with difficulty that the boats were kept
from being smashed, The crew worked
splendidly and all the passengers were
placed in the boats in a comparatively
short time. How the boats hoated
with their heavy loads is a miracle.
As the last boat wss putting
off from the ship several of the passen-
gers and crew were seen aft They had
Deen overlooked and were screaming to
the boats to return. They were subse-
quently rescued, half dead from the eff
tects Of the smoke and heat. The masts
of ship were seen on the horizon, but
ten hours elapsed before it came near. A
bark was sighted shortly after the
boats left the steamer, and her crew
were preparing to pick up the survivors
when the steamer York City attracted by
tie flames Of the burning vessel which
were shooting up 100 feet in the air bore
down and with difficulty took the hands
on board. The rescued people were
treated with the utmost kindness by the
captain and crew OF the YORK City, and
| the passengers SPEAK with much feeling of
the consideration which was accorded
them. The York City proceeded to Lon
don after landing the rescued pas
sengers ct Queenstown. The survivors
are unanimous in declaring that the Off
GERS and crew of the City ofMontreal did
their duty molly and skillfullY. The
names of those in the missing boat are:
PASSENGERS.
S. Kaufman.
GEORGE ARNOLD.
SAMUEL MCKEE.
STEPHEN UPPER.
SIMON ROrELLI
S. KKATCHMGKA.
CREW.
HENRY FRAZIER.
CHARLES READ.
WA TRANNEY,
P. HUGHs, (TrImmer
CHARLES SMITH, Interpreter.
THOMAS WHEREFORE, Steward
NO INFORMATION AT NEW YORK.
NEW YORK, Aug. 18.-The officials of
the Inman Line have no direct edvices
about the City OF Montreal. She left this
city on August 6, and was four days over
due from Liverpool. Considerable apxi-
ETY. had begun to be felt about her.
She had no first cabin passengers,
but carried go intermediate and 115
steersge passengers. The City of Mon
treal measured 1872 feet over al, II feet in
moulded width of beam and So feet deep
from spardeck to keel. Her gross tonnage
was 1895. She was built by Tobey & Co. of
Glasgow in 1871 was an iron screw steam
er had nine bulkheads and was equipped
with compound engines, having 600 horse
power.
THE CAPTAINS STORY.
QUEENSTOWN, Aug. 10 Captain Land,
| commander OF the City Of Montreal makes